barbotage
French, noun/baʁ.bɔ.taʒ/
barbotage is a French masculine noun meaning “splashing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de barboter”.
What does barbotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplashing
- 2
masculinea mixture of bran and water used to feed animals
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de barboter. 2. Mélange de son et d’eau qui sert de nourriture rafraîchissante pour le bétail. 3. Circulation permanente de l’eau, de l’étier à la vasière. 4. Technique de décontamination des sols consistant à injecter de l’air comprimé dans une zone saturée d’eau dans le but de déplacer les contaminents volatils vers une zone non saturée pour être traités.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barbotage
- barbotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbotage?
- /baʁ.bɔ.taʒ/
- \baʁ.bɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbotage in French?
barbotage appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).